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The history of blepharoplasty dates back to the first century A.D. when Aulus Cornelius Celus, a first century Roman, described an excision of skin to relax the eyelid. As early as the 10th century, Arabian surgeons had devised ways to excise excess skin folds in the upper eyelids that impaired vision.

The term blepharoplasty dates back to 1817 when Von Graefe described a technique for repairing deformities caused by resection of cancer in the eyelids. In 1844, Sichel provided the first accurate description of herniated orbital fat. In 1907, Dr. Conrad Miller wrote the first book on cosmetic surgery entitled Cosmetic Surgery in the Correction of Facial Imperfection. His diagrams of incisions for eyelid surgery are still similar to those used today. In 1951, Dr. Castanares described the fat compartment of the upper and lower eyelids in detail and now blepharoplasty has become the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in America.